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...by refuting their claims with good work and silencing your critics. Who am i referring to? Well, these people are senior officers from the Brigade at HQ level. My gawd, these people are a disgrace to the SJAB uniform and unfit to be officers. Bunch of misfit psyched-up hussies. Their only claim to fame is their tongue wagging and boot licking.
I was hoping that I would not be dragged into too much politics but its time to defend myself and those no-deserving of their claims. I would comment on this-they choose their enemies poorly by having me and my mentors, and colleagues as their enemies... God, whom is omipotent and merciful, won't save them... For sake of explanation: lets call them the Sissy Bas (a him)& Nosey Bit (a her). Bloody matching pair i'd call them..should have married each other instead...
We've been carrying out the successful re-vamped system of invigilating, marking and processing of the Knowledge of The Order of St John Exam (KSJ for short). Cadets in SJAB need to pass this exam and obtain a badge under the Cadet Proficiency Badge Scheme. In order to get acheivement badges such as the Commissioner (3 CCA points in their sch report) or Chief Commissioner Badge (5 CCA points), they would be requried to pass the KSJ exam and get the KSJ badge.
What took the previous Development (CPBS) committee under Sissy Bas with assistance of Nosey Bit, did was nothing much. They LENGHTHEND processing time not only for the KSJ badges, but all the badges under the CPBS. we've cajoled, complained, but nothing was done. In the end, all the development officers from all the zones, juz sat with our hands under our collective arse till the situation got better. Due to something classified that occured involving one of my closest friend, both Sissy Bas and Nosey Bit resigned in protest. In retrospect, I'm thinking that our Committee chairman (a level headed senior officer) strategised by not doing anything so they'd 'make noise and resigned anyway. He then reformed the new committee and luckily for us, our cadets and the teachers we interact with, things got back to normal and now processes are done in a flexible and efficient manner. the KSJ exam was an example of how effective the new committee was handling things..
For the KSJ exam, we invigilated the cadets coming for the exam, marked their answer scripts, processed the results by tabulating on MS Excel, (absentees, failures and those who passed) and issuing certificate numbers to successful candidates so that the respective zone officers can print out certs and present it to them. we did all this in ONE OR TWO days... the max time to close out processing done for that ONE slot of the exam was ONE WEEK. the previous management took SIX TO EIGHT months for that ONE SLOT. amazing isn't it? can u imagine my poor friend chasing and howling after them for the results of an exam slot conducted months before?
now the two of them (Sissy & Nosey) have begun saying that since we've not done our job by saying that since they did not see us when we were at NHQ, they presumed that we were holding back on our work. Very fortunately, we've got proof of our work accomplished and this proof has even reached the eyes and ears of the big boss, the Chief Commissioner. Heh~ one day..i shall stroll up to them and mention our accomplishments right in their hard-arsed faces...
its people like Sissy Bas and Nosey Bit that kinda put me off from volunteering much. I do enjoy my work in SJAB. Its rewarding, fulfilling and your get a sense of pride as the work your doing is benefitting others. Sissy and Nosey apparently forget that ultimately they serve society on a macro-viewed whole. They prefered to get promoted and win awards. I'd laff like silly at them to think if anyone would want to promote them. I fantasized that the Big Boss might wanna casually persuade them to "retire".. heh~ that to me will be satisfaction guaranteed.
For me, I take it that my service to the brigade benefits our cadets around the island-as they enjoy their time with the brigade and earn as much CPBS as they go. Earning even a Commissioner badge was something I took for granted when I was a cadet. I hope that no other cadet this day and age would make the same mistake i made.
To those two arrogant up-tights, my message to them is this:
--You've chosen your enemy most poorly and unwisely.
--You were not wise to get me involved in a war which I wanted no part of. Now that you have chosen me as your nemesis-you are now fair game to me.
--Since vampires don't enter homes uninvited...you've just invited me in...
Sunday, December 04, 2005
The Part about Me on a Job hunt & others....
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i've started looking for a job. hopefully i'll be in a ship management company doing fleet operations or ending up as a shipbroker. two cool jobs with a reasonable starting salary-heh~..juz hoping i'll get one...
been sending out tons of resumes with cover emails...but only 2 fish bit the line so far:
...the 1st one is a bunker (marine fuel) company offering a position of operations executive. it started out pretty fast...responded to their ad they posted on a online-job listing site, which i found on a day off (monday morning) with my resume. then got a call from the HR manager asking for an interview on the same day in the afternoon. went for the interview, thought i did badly-only to find out a few hours later that i was requested to go for a 2nd interview the following tuesdae! woah fast! so i'm waiting for the reply now. its been two weeks and i can't help feeling anxious waiting. Friends tell me its natural that companies take 2 weeks to reply as they might be considering other candidates as well.
...the 2nd one is gonna be a phone interview...2mr in fact..with a shipbroking company. the guy who called me sounds scandinavian and very drawl...
surprisingly, my godbro's mom is with a maritime company-i'm counting my blessings and hope that i get the company email soon, so that i can start with the email frenzy again...
heh~wish me luck peeps.
i've started looking for a job. hopefully i'll be in a ship management company doing fleet operations or ending up as a shipbroker. two cool jobs with a reasonable starting salary-heh~..juz hoping i'll get one...
been sending out tons of resumes with cover emails...but only 2 fish bit the line so far:
...the 1st one is a bunker (marine fuel) company offering a position of operations executive. it started out pretty fast...responded to their ad they posted on a online-job listing site, which i found on a day off (monday morning) with my resume. then got a call from the HR manager asking for an interview on the same day in the afternoon. went for the interview, thought i did badly-only to find out a few hours later that i was requested to go for a 2nd interview the following tuesdae! woah fast! so i'm waiting for the reply now. its been two weeks and i can't help feeling anxious waiting. Friends tell me its natural that companies take 2 weeks to reply as they might be considering other candidates as well.
...the 2nd one is gonna be a phone interview...2mr in fact..with a shipbroking company. the guy who called me sounds scandinavian and very drawl...
surprisingly, my godbro's mom is with a maritime company-i'm counting my blessings and hope that i get the company email soon, so that i can start with the email frenzy again...
heh~wish me luck peeps.
Sunday, October 16, 2005
The Part about Daylight...
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Sometimes while playing in the sun we come accross life's challenges. In these challenges we are confronted and blinded by falsehood, lies and deceit. As such there will be time for us to reflect on ourselves, give points to ponder. It is during these times perhaps we embrace the darkness, as somehow the dark calls to us. It comforts us..gives us shelter against the glaring light and in darkness, revelations and truths-no matter how painful are also made known to us.
Delerium's song called Daylight, epitomizes of such thought. In this new age: we have to give allowances to hear darkness's side of the story for the light may not be as what it seems...
"Daylight" From Delerium's album Poem, melody by Delerium, Lyrics by Matthew Sweet.
Sometimes while playing in the sun we come accross life's challenges. In these challenges we are confronted and blinded by falsehood, lies and deceit. As such there will be time for us to reflect on ourselves, give points to ponder. It is during these times perhaps we embrace the darkness, as somehow the dark calls to us. It comforts us..gives us shelter against the glaring light and in darkness, revelations and truths-no matter how painful are also made known to us.
Delerium's song called Daylight, epitomizes of such thought. In this new age: we have to give allowances to hear darkness's side of the story for the light may not be as what it seems...
"Daylight" From Delerium's album Poem, melody by Delerium, Lyrics by Matthew Sweet.
If you can believe you're turning on a world that broke your mind then I can do something for you even though you're lost in time You won't have to be my heaven, I won't have to be your friend For daylight, (Daylight) comes every time, it's coming Daylight, (Daylight) it goes away again now Don't let go don't let go of your heart (x4) (When you feel the time has come, everything you wanted When you feel the time has come, I'm everything you've ever wanted) Feel like your skin is burning one, into many drops of rain But it's doing nothing to me, drowning in a sea of pain You won't have to be my heaven. I won't have to be your friend. For daylight (Daylight), comes every time, it's coming Daylight (Daylight), it goes away again now Don't (Don't) let go of your heart (Of your heart) (x3) Don't (Don't), you know who you are Don't (Don't) let go (Daylight) Don't (Don't) let go of your heart Don't (Don't) let go (of your heart) (Daylight) Don't (Don't) let go of your heart (of your heart)
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
The Part about Hailing...
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ye gods...the MINISTRY OF SOUND!!!
all HAIL the ministry of SOUND>.....
started last year....sheesh...and I did not know I had it in me...!!! Zipping thru some clubs last year (in the Tanjong Pagar area..hehe) I danced, swayed, hipped to the dance beats of house genre of dance music....
and I though i could only dance to Irish music...
soon enough, i was introduced to the annual 2005 album released by the Ministry of Sound (MOS) ...a god sent organization to relieve our
1) boredom of going back to the same clubs and hearing the same dance pieces over and over and over and over and over again for the past few weeks..
2) in the case where by we were broke and unable to pay the entrance fee into the clubs... me and me mates would juz 'borrow' a friend's house/room/basement/etc..., plug in a stereo set, insert the MOS cd...buy cheap booze, and presto! instant clubbing...
and i'd just bought the Dance Nation album released by MOS and a irish songbook album by the Corrs..both bought me weak at the knees with all the dancing...
on one of the MOS's Cds is a remix track of Sarah Vaughan's "Fever".....damned hot here it is in me room now.............
oohh...ugh...ahh....
ye gods...the MINISTRY OF SOUND!!!
all HAIL the ministry of SOUND>.....
started last year....sheesh...and I did not know I had it in me...!!! Zipping thru some clubs last year (in the Tanjong Pagar area..hehe) I danced, swayed, hipped to the dance beats of house genre of dance music....
and I though i could only dance to Irish music...
soon enough, i was introduced to the annual 2005 album released by the Ministry of Sound (MOS) ...a god sent organization to relieve our
1) boredom of going back to the same clubs and hearing the same dance pieces over and over and over and over and over again for the past few weeks..
2) in the case where by we were broke and unable to pay the entrance fee into the clubs... me and me mates would juz 'borrow' a friend's house/room/basement/etc..., plug in a stereo set, insert the MOS cd...buy cheap booze, and presto! instant clubbing...
and i'd just bought the Dance Nation album released by MOS and a irish songbook album by the Corrs..both bought me weak at the knees with all the dancing...
on one of the MOS's Cds is a remix track of Sarah Vaughan's "Fever".....damned hot here it is in me room now.............
oohh...ugh...ahh....
Saturday, September 03, 2005
The Part about being Conjured into Delerium...
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woah...i've spent a motherload on money these past few months due to being 'drugged' by super music. It all started when i bought a chill out in ibiza 3 album. most of you reading this know i have a 'thing' for chill-out/ambient music. Whereupon i heard a track called Silence and it was from a group or artiste called Delerium. The track featured Sarah McLachlan whom some of you out there may or may not know...Delerium is actually a duo consisting of Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb. Fulber eventually spinned off from Deleriium to set up his own solo project called Conjure One-but more on that a little later.
anyway...when I heard Silence then i knew that it was simply a mindblowing track. Silence was pure aural genius. simply breathtakingly beautiful and haunting. I kept listening to it when i was in Brunei on my 2nd detachment. When I came back, I chanced upon the 'Best Of Delerium' album-which was essentially the best music/tracks/songs which Delerium thought they had written/composed. Somehow or rather fate led me to it. Since I bought that album and assimilated it to my MP3 player, I searched out for the remaining earlier albums and bought them since that day. Semantic Spaces, Karma, Chimera and Poem. Geniuses created these beautiful haunting ethereal pieces of heaven. All with just the right amount of middle eastern percussion, gregorian chants, and electro-pop-ambinet-chill out constructions. (not all in the the same amounts). I jus realised that I'd been ignoring my other MP3s!
I've enquired other ppl about it and apparently obody around here listens or heards of Delerium before! Except of course save perhaps the Lush 99.5 crew to some extent. The only other person who may have heard about it was my cousin Sharon, who shares a similar music interests as I do. Oh BTW, for those of you who enjoyed Canto alla Vita in Josh Groban's (which he sang with The Corrs [my all time fave irish group] ) album-u might find it interesting to note that Rhys Fulber did the producing for that track...
Conjure one is Fulber's attempt to write songs similar to those he had done for Delerium in the albums of Poem and Chimera. The initial album is great too..though maybe not with the lush ethereal sounds...but the definate eletronica groove worthy of being savoured in a wine bar or with a cup of earl grey on a sunset beach front is still evident.
woah...i've spent a motherload on money these past few months due to being 'drugged' by super music. It all started when i bought a chill out in ibiza 3 album. most of you reading this know i have a 'thing' for chill-out/ambient music. Whereupon i heard a track called Silence and it was from a group or artiste called Delerium. The track featured Sarah McLachlan whom some of you out there may or may not know...Delerium is actually a duo consisting of Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb. Fulber eventually spinned off from Deleriium to set up his own solo project called Conjure One-but more on that a little later.
anyway...when I heard Silence then i knew that it was simply a mindblowing track. Silence was pure aural genius. simply breathtakingly beautiful and haunting. I kept listening to it when i was in Brunei on my 2nd detachment. When I came back, I chanced upon the 'Best Of Delerium' album-which was essentially the best music/tracks/songs which Delerium thought they had written/composed. Somehow or rather fate led me to it. Since I bought that album and assimilated it to my MP3 player, I searched out for the remaining earlier albums and bought them since that day. Semantic Spaces, Karma, Chimera and Poem. Geniuses created these beautiful haunting ethereal pieces of heaven. All with just the right amount of middle eastern percussion, gregorian chants, and electro-pop-ambinet-chill out constructions. (not all in the the same amounts). I jus realised that I'd been ignoring my other MP3s!
I've enquired other ppl about it and apparently obody around here listens or heards of Delerium before! Except of course save perhaps the Lush 99.5 crew to some extent. The only other person who may have heard about it was my cousin Sharon, who shares a similar music interests as I do. Oh BTW, for those of you who enjoyed Canto alla Vita in Josh Groban's (which he sang with The Corrs [my all time fave irish group] ) album-u might find it interesting to note that Rhys Fulber did the producing for that track...
Conjure one is Fulber's attempt to write songs similar to those he had done for Delerium in the albums of Poem and Chimera. The initial album is great too..though maybe not with the lush ethereal sounds...but the definate eletronica groove worthy of being savoured in a wine bar or with a cup of earl grey on a sunset beach front is still evident.
Saturday, August 20, 2005
The Part about being Roped in...
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for a parade...and I have to say that--I HATE PARADES..unless of course i'm the parade director/coordinator...
yeah well..roped in to be a member of the supporting contingent in the RSAF Day Parade. Supposedly its out Air Force's 37th Birthday...and we're ALL carrying the M16 rifles...thank god...non of that SAR 21 crap for me thank you very much... Its actually an overhyped technological piece of sh*t.
right...CT is organising her 25th anniversary celebrations..her biggie birthdae. i'm already envisioning a sweet secrets chocolate royal b-dae cake...HUGE one...to be cut..by yours truly on the nite itself...sighz..
but of course, its pipe dream till me and the team assemble everything together..i want it to be a painless affair..for the organisers...but we're gonna FORCE ppl to dress up properly for the event. no jeans or ties or polo tees pls...we're gonna be telling the guests..else ya get ur sweet arse booted out of CT's prison gates by our 'bouncers'. hehe
for a parade...and I have to say that--I HATE PARADES..unless of course i'm the parade director/coordinator...
yeah well..roped in to be a member of the supporting contingent in the RSAF Day Parade. Supposedly its out Air Force's 37th Birthday...and we're ALL carrying the M16 rifles...thank god...non of that SAR 21 crap for me thank you very much... Its actually an overhyped technological piece of sh*t.
right...CT is organising her 25th anniversary celebrations..her biggie birthdae. i'm already envisioning a sweet secrets chocolate royal b-dae cake...HUGE one...to be cut..by yours truly on the nite itself...sighz..
but of course, its pipe dream till me and the team assemble everything together..i want it to be a painless affair..for the organisers...but we're gonna FORCE ppl to dress up properly for the event. no jeans or ties or polo tees pls...we're gonna be telling the guests..else ya get ur sweet arse booted out of CT's prison gates by our 'bouncers'. hehe
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
The Part about saying Goodbye to a beloved friend
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Yes, i've been back in Singapore since 2nd June. 'Fans' of my blog appareantly have missed me and are calling for me t write again and so I shall.
The fact that I have not been posting as due to several reasons:
1) multiple times I fell sick
2) busy work with SJAB/CTSS & Zone Nine
3) Drawdown of the UH1H aircraft from RSAF service
Yes the venerable UH1H helicopter has flown their last flight on 11th July 2005 at around 1500 hours. Guest of honour was our Chief of Air Force himself. For weeks since my return to Singapore, we've been preparing for the day. Decorating the hangars, sprucing up the UH fleet making sure that all of them are flight capable for the final day.
I performed by last Before-flight airframe serviving on aircraft 260-which had taken BG Charles Sih (Chief of Staff-Air Staff) and marshalled aircraft 254 flown by LTC Sunny Yun (our ex Commanding Officer) & CPT W Wong.
Last night was the commemorative dinner which we saw videos which highlighted the UH & SQN's acheivement both. Some former and present members of the UH1H community did not leave without a dried eye. Mine included. Though the time I've spent working on her was short-but it was well worth it. I've learnt alot, forged new friendhips with both from the squadron and the supporting UH-ALS community as well.
I'll miss the Hueys but embrace the incoming Apaches left to fill the void. Soon 120SQN will belong to another new era of a 3G fighting helicopter force. The time is now for them to make history their way.
Yes, i've been back in Singapore since 2nd June. 'Fans' of my blog appareantly have missed me and are calling for me t write again and so I shall.
The fact that I have not been posting as due to several reasons:
1) multiple times I fell sick
2) busy work with SJAB/CTSS & Zone Nine
3) Drawdown of the UH1H aircraft from RSAF service
Yes the venerable UH1H helicopter has flown their last flight on 11th July 2005 at around 1500 hours. Guest of honour was our Chief of Air Force himself. For weeks since my return to Singapore, we've been preparing for the day. Decorating the hangars, sprucing up the UH fleet making sure that all of them are flight capable for the final day.
I performed by last Before-flight airframe serviving on aircraft 260-which had taken BG Charles Sih (Chief of Staff-Air Staff) and marshalled aircraft 254 flown by LTC Sunny Yun (our ex Commanding Officer) & CPT W Wong.
Last night was the commemorative dinner which we saw videos which highlighted the UH & SQN's acheivement both. Some former and present members of the UH1H community did not leave without a dried eye. Mine included. Though the time I've spent working on her was short-but it was well worth it. I've learnt alot, forged new friendhips with both from the squadron and the supporting UH-ALS community as well.
I'll miss the Hueys but embrace the incoming Apaches left to fill the void. Soon 120SQN will belong to another new era of a 3G fighting helicopter force. The time is now for them to make history their way.
Saturday, May 07, 2005
The Part about servinga 2nd Deteachment in Brunei
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'well u got urself into this mess in the 1st place.' said my brother Shaun. Truth was i was told to do so (read: forced/co-erced) as part of quote" serving your duty to the country' unquote.
i really miss Singapore now...my family (in a way-well i dun miss my family's hysterics), my friends back home, my 'children' (sic: not) my clubbing nites (hehe) and bed!!!! i so miss my bed and bolster and pillows...sleeping in the bunk give sme a headache everytime i wake up in da morning.
since our arrival here to the sultanate, a 'series of unfortunate events' took place. cos someone in my bunk watched Lemony Smicket's A series of Unfortunate Events starring Jim Carrey i think. anyhow i for one am not the type who goes believing in superstition...(most of the time anyway) but seeing how watching this movie is somewhat taboo...
our own version of unfrotunate events were actually some technical failures on the aircraft-which left alot of ppl in the detachment groaning and moaning...heck u dun hear of the pilots and aircrew complaining do ya???
sighz....a few more weeks....
'well u got urself into this mess in the 1st place.' said my brother Shaun. Truth was i was told to do so (read: forced/co-erced) as part of quote" serving your duty to the country' unquote.
i really miss Singapore now...my family (in a way-well i dun miss my family's hysterics), my friends back home, my 'children' (sic: not) my clubbing nites (hehe) and bed!!!! i so miss my bed and bolster and pillows...sleeping in the bunk give sme a headache everytime i wake up in da morning.
since our arrival here to the sultanate, a 'series of unfortunate events' took place. cos someone in my bunk watched Lemony Smicket's A series of Unfortunate Events starring Jim Carrey i think. anyhow i for one am not the type who goes believing in superstition...(most of the time anyway) but seeing how watching this movie is somewhat taboo...
our own version of unfrotunate events were actually some technical failures on the aircraft-which left alot of ppl in the detachment groaning and moaning...heck u dun hear of the pilots and aircrew complaining do ya???
sighz....a few more weeks....
Monday, April 25, 2005
The Part about Gastro-Orgasmic Experiences...
Such experiences are to be savoured for a lifetime...
on monday nite, my grandma treated me and my 4 other cousins (incl my brother) to dinner at a restaurant..
specifically the Bar & Billard Room at Raffles Hotel. it was simply wow...artwork appetizers..super deeee-lish main courses and ooohhh death by chocolate deserts...such a perfect buffet....sighz..pity it all had to end
i'd never had such a fantastic meal in all my life...imagine having a fresh scallop served wif a lite cream sauce in a tequila shot glass, smoked felt salmon wrapped with caviar ARGH!.....such dreams are made up of good food....heheh
and today..i was invited to a wine tasting session organised by Lush 99.5FM. I dragged my godbro Marcus along for the event. Your wondering how i was lucky enough to be invited? well i'm an avid listener of the station (they play stuff ur average singaporean would ignore...nu jazz, bossa nova, lounge, chill out music) and they asked listeners to SMS to them for an invitation to the session.
anyway i've learnt that wines DO NOT have to be orthodoxically paired (ie: seafood with white wine and red meat with red wine) You can actually mix wines and food as long as u like both the food and wine your serving. however the only thing you have to bear in mind is the taste of the food. Food alters the taste of wine..not the other way round as many people think. So the different types of wine actually taste different because the taste of the food (sweet, sour, bitter, salt and spice) alters the wine... therefore...taste the wine before u consume your meal and when u take a bite of your food. you would be able to notice a difference....
on monday nite, my grandma treated me and my 4 other cousins (incl my brother) to dinner at a restaurant..
specifically the Bar & Billard Room at Raffles Hotel. it was simply wow...artwork appetizers..super deeee-lish main courses and ooohhh death by chocolate deserts...such a perfect buffet....sighz..pity it all had to end
i'd never had such a fantastic meal in all my life...imagine having a fresh scallop served wif a lite cream sauce in a tequila shot glass, smoked felt salmon wrapped with caviar ARGH!.....such dreams are made up of good food....heheh
and today..i was invited to a wine tasting session organised by Lush 99.5FM. I dragged my godbro Marcus along for the event. Your wondering how i was lucky enough to be invited? well i'm an avid listener of the station (they play stuff ur average singaporean would ignore...nu jazz, bossa nova, lounge, chill out music) and they asked listeners to SMS to them for an invitation to the session.
anyway i've learnt that wines DO NOT have to be orthodoxically paired (ie: seafood with white wine and red meat with red wine) You can actually mix wines and food as long as u like both the food and wine your serving. however the only thing you have to bear in mind is the taste of the food. Food alters the taste of wine..not the other way round as many people think. So the different types of wine actually taste different because the taste of the food (sweet, sour, bitter, salt and spice) alters the wine... therefore...taste the wine before u consume your meal and when u take a bite of your food. you would be able to notice a difference....
Thursday, April 14, 2005
The Part where I decide...
which Gundam Seed Mobile Suit i should wear for the day...
ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam
Which Gundam Seed Gundam are you?
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Sunday, March 27, 2005
The Part about Eternal Sailing
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another reason to sail
is to leave the land's salt for the sea's
to leave the damned dirt of the country side
for the freedom of the breeze
tarry no longer, for the horizon awaits
tarry no longer lest daybreak awaits,
leave while darkness hangs
where sun and moon would dwell and meet
and sail upon Admiral Weather's eyes
for i leave not only my country of birth
for i also i leave behind
my beloved family
my dearest of friends
and unrequited love
that left me by
let no sail be torn usunder,
let the ocean's salt smart my heart
ignoring my heathen cries of lost love
let it cleanse my soul, spirit
renew my dreams and hopes
or let it cast my soul and body into the dark blue yonder
let my spirit burn and be torn apart
for the ocean shall claim me as its beloved
for time eternal shall forsake
forevermore
my claim on my heart
another reason to sail
is to leave the land's salt for the sea's
to leave the damned dirt of the country side
for the freedom of the breeze
tarry no longer, for the horizon awaits
tarry no longer lest daybreak awaits,
leave while darkness hangs
where sun and moon would dwell and meet
and sail upon Admiral Weather's eyes
for i leave not only my country of birth
for i also i leave behind
my beloved family
my dearest of friends
and unrequited love
that left me by
let no sail be torn usunder,
let the ocean's salt smart my heart
ignoring my heathen cries of lost love
let it cleanse my soul, spirit
renew my dreams and hopes
or let it cast my soul and body into the dark blue yonder
let my spirit burn and be torn apart
for the ocean shall claim me as its beloved
for time eternal shall forsake
forevermore
my claim on my heart
Thursday, March 17, 2005
The Brunei Detachment Posts
for your reading pleasure...all recorded since day one...
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well, I’m finally here. In
what’s there not to like about serving a detachment in
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once again I’m slotted for guard duty, this time in Brunei-not in Jalan Aman Camp or JAC as its known, but in BIA or our detachment office in
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hmm, woke up at
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Its official!!! It’s the 2nd Monday in
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…here in boring, hot, humid,
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I’d finally had the drive to finish the 2nd last question of my exam paper today. And it was sure satisfying as well. The burst-drive came from my phonecall to my mom to ask of my brother’s O level results. He performed magnificently! A1 for English…(see ang moh runs in the family)… A2 for Accounts, B3 for com-science and other subjects which enabled him to get an aggregate of 12 points! How come? Should have been at least 14 points (which includes the 1 CCA point). Because of the fact that he achieved A1, the system deducted 2 points to effect a better entry for poly or JC.
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Which is a pretty cool anime cartoon spanning three seasons. The show is essentially showcases mechanised robots piloted by individuals-The Gundam genre started from ages back and features different aspects and different plots, different circumstances and different realities. But all the shows feature the ‘GUNDAM’ robots as the feature. In the ‘Seed’ variant, human kind has experimented with genetic manipulation. The enhanced humans are called co-ordinators and established themselves very well but faced prejudice by the naturals. Thus they established themselves in outerspace in space colonies. Details from this point onwards are sketchy as the VCD series I watched here in
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My 3rd and final guard duty at BIA-and its on a sunday. Going home on Tuesday. We had a change of Detachment Commander and the changeover was held in a nice cosy little hotel food was ok, wasn’t expecting it to be that good. The following day HQ Lancer celebrated its 21st anniversary to which the detachment was invited. Somewhat fun having to get into the swimming pool for games like I did. Hilariously funny to see some of the pilots and our colleagues ‘kena’.
Sunday, January 30, 2005
The Part about being Alone
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wad a day, finished painting my entire room (4 walls only) ...in baby blue...
when i moved in to my current place around 5 years ago i wanted my new room to have a dash of cobalt blue. and now years on, it time to repaint...this time the 4 walls are in baby blue...my dad mixed alot of white to make it more 'livlier'...i as thinking i'll be staying in a kid's room for another year....Ugh...so next time round, i'm gonna be choosing rose red for one of my walls ...to contrast the remaining 3 baby blue walls...
anyhow, painting's done...went and treated family to dinner at a west coast hawker centre...the usual 'zi cha' yumz...
but sighz...as i'm typing this i'm listening to the 1st ally mcbeal soundtrack. and the songs just struck me...as being so connected to me.. being alone...especially vonda shepard's voals on her song maryland. very simple and poetic...very serene...plus the few others like only wanna be with you and you belong to me...
sometimes i think i'm a wierdo...always like being alone with my thoughts, my own voice...singing out aloud with no one to hear, or playing my instruments. but sometimes the deafening silence can be too hard to bear alone...
wad a day, finished painting my entire room (4 walls only) ...in baby blue...
when i moved in to my current place around 5 years ago i wanted my new room to have a dash of cobalt blue. and now years on, it time to repaint...this time the 4 walls are in baby blue...my dad mixed alot of white to make it more 'livlier'...i as thinking i'll be staying in a kid's room for another year....Ugh...so next time round, i'm gonna be choosing rose red for one of my walls ...to contrast the remaining 3 baby blue walls...
anyhow, painting's done...went and treated family to dinner at a west coast hawker centre...the usual 'zi cha' yumz...
but sighz...as i'm typing this i'm listening to the 1st ally mcbeal soundtrack. and the songs just struck me...as being so connected to me.. being alone...especially vonda shepard's voals on her song maryland. very simple and poetic...very serene...plus the few others like only wanna be with you and you belong to me...
sometimes i think i'm a wierdo...always like being alone with my thoughts, my own voice...singing out aloud with no one to hear, or playing my instruments. but sometimes the deafening silence can be too hard to bear alone...
Friday, January 21, 2005
The Part about feeling abit demoralised
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am i losing my touch as an officer in SJAB? i seem to think so. my extended family is shrinking year by year. dreams planned now seem so far away. further...think kilometres and nautical miles...
esp doing my tenure as AO in BNCOC OPSCOM, my touch as an officer seems to be missing. i felt so out of place in the going ons of the committee. sighz...old age liaoz...so maybe my mom is right, justwait for the 10 yrs to be presented to me and get outta there. i canot be useful there anymore. i envy Colin, and though how busy he is, he still manages time for Boon Lay Corps, Zone youth affairs/CPBS and his role as a teacher. Wonder how and where he gets his energy from. i envy the yngr officers like DJ, Daniel, Zara, Lina, Tian Le. they are fortunate as they've alot more to go. for me, i'll be goin off maybe soon, maybe sooner than later...
am i losing my touch as an officer in SJAB? i seem to think so. my extended family is shrinking year by year. dreams planned now seem so far away. further...think kilometres and nautical miles...
esp doing my tenure as AO in BNCOC OPSCOM, my touch as an officer seems to be missing. i felt so out of place in the going ons of the committee. sighz...old age liaoz...so maybe my mom is right, justwait for the 10 yrs to be presented to me and get outta there. i canot be useful there anymore. i envy Colin, and though how busy he is, he still manages time for Boon Lay Corps, Zone youth affairs/CPBS and his role as a teacher. Wonder how and where he gets his energy from. i envy the yngr officers like DJ, Daniel, Zara, Lina, Tian Le. they are fortunate as they've alot more to go. for me, i'll be goin off maybe soon, maybe sooner than later...
The Part of doing Guard Duty..on a Holiday
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ARGHZZZ...i'm here in SQn. tomorrow there would be a meeting of teachers at CT and i'm stuck here. and i'll only be 'released' at around 1000 hours. i'm dead...i'm supposed to be doing a presentation on SJAB-Z9-MAE tomorrow and Colin will be doing it alone. Not that Colin is unable to do it himself, but aiyah..just feel that i'm abandoning him and leaving him to the er...vultures...vultures of different sizes.
I'm sure to be missing alot at the meeting. For one, the discussion on the C-Trng and 5 day work week. MAE, plus the years trng prgm laid out by the Zone Trng Dept.
oh well, duty to the nation coems first. what to do right...sighz...
on the off-hand, a few interested parties seem to be msging n calling me. but more often than not, its once bitten twice shy kinda thing...sianz, so thus i'm not being too overly optimistic or happy. juz plain neutral with a twist of caution.
ARGHZZZ...i'm here in SQn. tomorrow there would be a meeting of teachers at CT and i'm stuck here. and i'll only be 'released' at around 1000 hours. i'm dead...i'm supposed to be doing a presentation on SJAB-Z9-MAE tomorrow and Colin will be doing it alone. Not that Colin is unable to do it himself, but aiyah..just feel that i'm abandoning him and leaving him to the er...vultures...vultures of different sizes.
I'm sure to be missing alot at the meeting. For one, the discussion on the C-Trng and 5 day work week. MAE, plus the years trng prgm laid out by the Zone Trng Dept.
oh well, duty to the nation coems first. what to do right...sighz...
on the off-hand, a few interested parties seem to be msging n calling me. but more often than not, its once bitten twice shy kinda thing...sianz, so thus i'm not being too overly optimistic or happy. juz plain neutral with a twist of caution.
Sunday, January 16, 2005
The Part with Thoughts on the Mind & Shopping...
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...Which can be hazardous to my health...and to a certain extend, hazardous to others as well.
too many thoughts..too many brain cells exhausintg themselves and dying...too many daydreams...too many thoughts coursing through my little brain. phew..overload...
received my orders to proceed to Brunei for the February Detachment. will be away from Feb 14th to March 9th. Funny, flying away on Valentines Day...well its not like I'm going to to sing 'Leavin on a jet plane' anyway...
SJAB EX-CO meeting today coupled with aircraft maintenance briefs, Corps discussions...another round of meetings lectures and briefings...plus some queit contemplations on how to proceed with my 2nd assignment. going to be braindead with the info overload.
urgh....
...Which can be hazardous to my health...and to a certain extend, hazardous to others as well.
too many thoughts..too many brain cells exhausintg themselves and dying...too many daydreams...too many thoughts coursing through my little brain. phew..overload...
received my orders to proceed to Brunei for the February Detachment. will be away from Feb 14th to March 9th. Funny, flying away on Valentines Day...well its not like I'm going to to sing 'Leavin on a jet plane' anyway...
SJAB EX-CO meeting today coupled with aircraft maintenance briefs, Corps discussions...another round of meetings lectures and briefings...plus some queit contemplations on how to proceed with my 2nd assignment. going to be braindead with the info overload.
urgh....
Sunday, January 09, 2005
The Part about Prometheus
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oh yeah, just to answer some of my friends/kids (CTSS)/kids (OPSCOM)'s question as to WHAT THE HECK IS PROMETHEUS....
Prometheus is a Greek name (not GEEK AHH!!!) that means 'forethought'. Prometheus was a Titan (a race of ancient beings who predated the Olympian gods. ie the older generation of gods) who stole tje gift of fire from Olympus (the God Zeus) and gave it to humankind
For which Zeus punished him horribly by chaining him onto the rocks and allowing an eagle to tear up his sotmach and intestines. As Prometheus was in a demi-god (although a more ancient one) he was immortal and therefore had to live the following days in pain and releiving it as he grew another stomach & intestine everyday. He was the son of Iapetus; brother of Atlas (the Titan who held up the sky) and Epimetheus ("Afterthought).
and what does this show? Prometheus being an elder (ie more senior) was kena tekan by Zeues, a junior god (his nephew..) but crowned King. no big no small ahh this Zeus... *tsk tsk tsk*
Prometheus asa nick stuck with me since young (Age 7 i think) when i came across the nick. I did not know about the story of Prometheus or what it means in Greek. It was kinda 'cheem' sounding and had a nice ring to it.
oh yeah, just to answer some of my friends/kids (CTSS)/kids (OPSCOM)'s question as to WHAT THE HECK IS PROMETHEUS....
Prometheus is a Greek name (not GEEK AHH!!!) that means 'forethought'. Prometheus was a Titan (a race of ancient beings who predated the Olympian gods. ie the older generation of gods) who stole tje gift of fire from Olympus (the God Zeus) and gave it to humankind
For which Zeus punished him horribly by chaining him onto the rocks and allowing an eagle to tear up his sotmach and intestines. As Prometheus was in a demi-god (although a more ancient one) he was immortal and therefore had to live the following days in pain and releiving it as he grew another stomach & intestine everyday. He was the son of Iapetus; brother of Atlas (the Titan who held up the sky) and Epimetheus ("Afterthought).
and what does this show? Prometheus being an elder (ie more senior) was kena tekan by Zeues, a junior god (his nephew..) but crowned King. no big no small ahh this Zeus... *tsk tsk tsk*
Prometheus asa nick stuck with me since young (Age 7 i think) when i came across the nick. I did not know about the story of Prometheus or what it means in Greek. It was kinda 'cheem' sounding and had a nice ring to it.
The Part about Doing Guard Duty
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here i am doing guard duty at the base. what what does my duty comprise of? can't tell ya much though sorry...but its pretty mundane and if you realise, i;m typing this blog while on duty...yeah its a very BORING one as well and SUPER relaxed one....
just bumming around till i wake up tomorrow morning, to perform 3 aircraft servicing and just waiting for the shift to relieve us.
but oh well, i did some constructive work. in the office-i researched for my 2nd assignment (honest!!!) and then pilots came in to pre-flight one of the aircraft and back to the books again. i'm in the ground crew's crewroom while i'm typing this and in case ur wondering, pilots, air crew & ground crew's crewrooms and 'accomdations' are totally different. pilot's and air crew's lounges are hotel standard compared to the groundcrew's crewroom. big difference...and this crew room is shared by 80 plus regulars and NSF. more if you add in the NSmen...oh well and thus you can see the mess 'we' make...
so, as i've said i'll be stuck here till morning, till the shift comes in at 1000 hours. after that the guard crew will get the day off and report back to work on tuesday. for me, i've got to do some admin stuff woth my er...SJAB kids (the ones in CTSS). lotsa planning to do and obstacles to crush...groundwork to be laid, etc...its another year of the same vicious cycle...
here i am doing guard duty at the base. what what does my duty comprise of? can't tell ya much though sorry...but its pretty mundane and if you realise, i;m typing this blog while on duty...yeah its a very BORING one as well and SUPER relaxed one....
just bumming around till i wake up tomorrow morning, to perform 3 aircraft servicing and just waiting for the shift to relieve us.
but oh well, i did some constructive work. in the office-i researched for my 2nd assignment (honest!!!) and then pilots came in to pre-flight one of the aircraft and back to the books again. i'm in the ground crew's crewroom while i'm typing this and in case ur wondering, pilots, air crew & ground crew's crewrooms and 'accomdations' are totally different. pilot's and air crew's lounges are hotel standard compared to the groundcrew's crewroom. big difference...and this crew room is shared by 80 plus regulars and NSF. more if you add in the NSmen...oh well and thus you can see the mess 'we' make...
so, as i've said i'll be stuck here till morning, till the shift comes in at 1000 hours. after that the guard crew will get the day off and report back to work on tuesday. for me, i've got to do some admin stuff woth my er...SJAB kids (the ones in CTSS). lotsa planning to do and obstacles to crush...groundwork to be laid, etc...its another year of the same vicious cycle...
Saturday, January 08, 2005
The Part about Yesterdae...
which was the 7th of Jan 2005.
Todae, i;ve made alot of mistakes in my aircraft documentations....put in 070104 instead...hahah and got laffed at by my colleagues...today i like blur f*** like dat...ARGH!!!
had to rush for nite class too...home 1st as i'd forgotten to bring my textbook n file along. how did this happen to THE Wayne?? cos when i called my my squadron to ask for the roll call timing for my shift on thursday nite, the replay was 8am-so i;d though i was in the morning shift and since that being so ...
i thought that i could have gotten home around 3pm ate lunch/dinner, pack my bags and proceed to class from home. instead the shift was a COMBINED one...so had to ask to be let off earlier, but luckily the shift ended at 4pm plus.. rushed to walk from squadron to base entrance, then the 1km route to bus stop, the bus to yishun mrt, then to clementi mrt, then bus to home....ARHGHHHH!!!!
fortunately met someone who made me smile, my cousin William who i have not seen for a long time, hes studying in NUS and living wif his sister in clementi...so...yeha chatted for a while then went to buy dinner from the malay satll at the pasar malam. quite good stuff, but a bit pricey...
rushed to class after i reache d home...didn't bathe, juz plopped onto couch to watch cartoons n ate dinner at the same time...then changed, sprayed on my HAPPY colonge...and off i went...
i'd already miss 5 previous lessons due to mis com wif the centre, the BCNCO Camp. fortunately, my tutor was a lawyer and he was very decent and knows what he's teaching...i'd already missed quite a number of lessons but fortunately again, i felt comfortable as i've read up and did my assignment well enough---i think
ARGH...tired and well so tired .... cannot think anymore..so excuse my angmoh hor...run out of powder liaoz....
Todae, i;ve made alot of mistakes in my aircraft documentations....put in 070104 instead...hahah and got laffed at by my colleagues...today i like blur f*** like dat...ARGH!!!
had to rush for nite class too...home 1st as i'd forgotten to bring my textbook n file along. how did this happen to THE Wayne?? cos when i called my my squadron to ask for the roll call timing for my shift on thursday nite, the replay was 8am-so i;d though i was in the morning shift and since that being so ...
i thought that i could have gotten home around 3pm ate lunch/dinner, pack my bags and proceed to class from home. instead the shift was a COMBINED one...so had to ask to be let off earlier, but luckily the shift ended at 4pm plus.. rushed to walk from squadron to base entrance, then the 1km route to bus stop, the bus to yishun mrt, then to clementi mrt, then bus to home....ARHGHHHH!!!!
fortunately met someone who made me smile, my cousin William who i have not seen for a long time, hes studying in NUS and living wif his sister in clementi...so...yeha chatted for a while then went to buy dinner from the malay satll at the pasar malam. quite good stuff, but a bit pricey...
rushed to class after i reache d home...didn't bathe, juz plopped onto couch to watch cartoons n ate dinner at the same time...then changed, sprayed on my HAPPY colonge...and off i went...
i'd already miss 5 previous lessons due to mis com wif the centre, the BCNCO Camp. fortunately, my tutor was a lawyer and he was very decent and knows what he's teaching...i'd already missed quite a number of lessons but fortunately again, i felt comfortable as i've read up and did my assignment well enough---i think
ARGH...tired and well so tired .... cannot think anymore..so excuse my angmoh hor...run out of powder liaoz....
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
The Part about Image
I gather that image is very important. why? otherwise i wouldn't be waking up at 6 this morning, going for a jog around my estate, doing crunches & push ups, stretching and log raises at the excercise area downstairs...do i feel great..not really, though i MANAGED to run round the estate without stopping, now i have a abso-freaking-lutely splitting headache...
its ok, i'll take an aspirin for that..but come to think of it why the heck am i doing this...i wondered. the answer had coe to me the previous night before..."for your image you dumb a**h****-when you start working" said my ego....
Ego: u wouldn't want your colleagues at ur new company to think you as a slob would ya Wayne?
Me: (grunts) sure why not, wait till they see the real me (digs head further into pillow)
Ego: Awww c'mon! think of the image you would put i their heads....the image u wanted since u GRADUATED from CTSS.....
Me: (muffled) Quit being a jerk , i wanna catch my Zzzzzs...shhh.....
Ego: Slob without image.... =p
Me: (groans) shut the f*** up!!!
Ego: Everyone around you thinks that you look better without that stoopid glasses of urs and with a leaner bod...everyone except you....BUM!!
Me: ZZzzzZZZZzzzZZZ
So this morning, my Ego took control of me. Which is not a common thing, because...if i' let ego run amok, gawd knows how mani screwups i'd have since those many eons ago. woke up and cleaned up and we went excercising...
so like i said Image is everything. Need an example?
1) who doesn't want a hunky boifriend or a babelicious girfriend?
2) who doens't want to be seen at the latest club in town or to be seen yakking away at the lastest Nokia mobile phone, to hold that trendy micro/mini credit card in your hand...
3) who doesn't want to have that new haircut, put on a powersuit and walk on an air of confidence???
Everyone does, its not whether we can afford to look good or spend money in it. its an expenditure in effort. and working for it...
Another example: it not about looks this time...your reputation is at stake too....one er...famous example is my OPSCOM family at 28BNCOC'04. DJ was my 'executive officer' or the guy next in charge after me and he'd always preached the concept of image to our juniors...so there were times when our image was hurt and damaged due to our actions as instructors or in our actions as happi-go-lucky-crazy-go zap 'em all+minding-our-own-biz-and-not-have-a-care-in-the-world kinda ppl. I'm sure i;ve contributed generously to the destruction of our image as well. Not to do this or not to do that so that our trainees would blah blah blah blah (can't think of any examples within an example right now...BUTTTT>....u get the general idea....) so certain times...image went down the drain....
'Nuff said...so... am i glad that ego took over me this morning??? if I dun collapse at work todae...you'll know soon enough...
its ok, i'll take an aspirin for that..but come to think of it why the heck am i doing this...i wondered. the answer had coe to me the previous night before..."for your image you dumb a**h****-when you start working" said my ego....
Ego: u wouldn't want your colleagues at ur new company to think you as a slob would ya Wayne?
Me: (grunts) sure why not, wait till they see the real me (digs head further into pillow)
Ego: Awww c'mon! think of the image you would put i their heads....the image u wanted since u GRADUATED from CTSS.....
Me: (muffled) Quit being a jerk , i wanna catch my Zzzzzs...shhh.....
Ego: Slob without image.... =p
Me: (groans) shut the f*** up!!!
Ego: Everyone around you thinks that you look better without that stoopid glasses of urs and with a leaner bod...everyone except you....BUM!!
Me: ZZzzzZZZZzzzZZZ
So this morning, my Ego took control of me. Which is not a common thing, because...if i' let ego run amok, gawd knows how mani screwups i'd have since those many eons ago. woke up and cleaned up and we went excercising...
so like i said Image is everything. Need an example?
1) who doesn't want a hunky boifriend or a babelicious girfriend?
2) who doens't want to be seen at the latest club in town or to be seen yakking away at the lastest Nokia mobile phone, to hold that trendy micro/mini credit card in your hand...
3) who doesn't want to have that new haircut, put on a powersuit and walk on an air of confidence???
Everyone does, its not whether we can afford to look good or spend money in it. its an expenditure in effort. and working for it...
Another example: it not about looks this time...your reputation is at stake too....one er...famous example is my OPSCOM family at 28BNCOC'04. DJ was my 'executive officer' or the guy next in charge after me and he'd always preached the concept of image to our juniors...so there were times when our image was hurt and damaged due to our actions as instructors or in our actions as happi-go-lucky-crazy-go zap 'em all+minding-our-own-biz-and-not-have-a-care-in-the-world kinda ppl. I'm sure i;ve contributed generously to the destruction of our image as well. Not to do this or not to do that so that our trainees would blah blah blah blah (can't think of any examples within an example right now...BUTTTT>....u get the general idea....) so certain times...image went down the drain....
'Nuff said...so... am i glad that ego took over me this morning??? if I dun collapse at work todae...you'll know soon enough...
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Parte Umpat: My studies, current ones of course
so...am back again after posting the 1st 3 on sunday nite, another one last nite and the final intro entry before i go ape crazy with all my non-sensical entries...
right about my studies. some ppl lhave actually asked "ehh..i tot u in NS, how come can go and study on har...?"
well to quell all excess thought for ppl who are just pondering and pondering and scratching their heads out--i will explain...
i did not defer for studies..i just gotten permission from my superiors so that i can continue my part time advance diploma while performing NS. of course i had to give assurances that my studies are not my 1st priority, the aircraft servicing I do should be ahead. and I have to highlight early to my Warrant Officer in charge about when my exams are so that he won't schedule me for the monthly Brunei Detachment...(opps i've forgotten to mention that during the last post...) As for time, we'll the nature of my work allows me such that I'm fortunate to have some time to be able to study-ie i bring my meterials to study and after work on certain days, I hit the library.
so the question boils down to, wad do i study? I'm doing a Advance Diploma (or Adv Dip as its normally called) in Maritime Business from the Australian Maritime College (AMC) which is based in Tasmania-Australia. The whole course is actually about 1 yr plus part time and I'm only doing 5 modules to obtain the AdvDip out of the 12 modules...because, due to my Dip Marine Engineering at SP, i was able to obtain about 7 or 8 exemptions (if i remember correctly) and one module if I carry on with the degree pgrm. In this AdvDip, i;ll be doing intro to services marketing, business law, financial mgmt, and 2 others... so...
hopefully, i'll get the adv dip by the time i ORD from NS plus maybe an excess of a few months. will be working part time by then. then its option time..!!!
1) find work then complete the degree pgrm
2) find part time work then in July of 2006, go to AMC and finish the remaining modules within a yr or so
doing the course on and off campus has its differences. on campus u have the usual assignments and exams...off campus like mine i have to do the same, exept that my exam is also an assignment. have to research abit and wirte a lengthly essay about it. truth is, i learn more than the usual classroom method.
honestly speaking, IT IS stressful to manage everything i'm doing now...but wad to do...gonna be the breadwinner of my family one day while my bro still studies...so still have struggle a little lah. i'm very fortunate at being given an opportunity to study so yeah, making the most out of it...
right about my studies. some ppl lhave actually asked "ehh..i tot u in NS, how come can go and study on har...?"
well to quell all excess thought for ppl who are just pondering and pondering and scratching their heads out--i will explain...
i did not defer for studies..i just gotten permission from my superiors so that i can continue my part time advance diploma while performing NS. of course i had to give assurances that my studies are not my 1st priority, the aircraft servicing I do should be ahead. and I have to highlight early to my Warrant Officer in charge about when my exams are so that he won't schedule me for the monthly Brunei Detachment...(opps i've forgotten to mention that during the last post...) As for time, we'll the nature of my work allows me such that I'm fortunate to have some time to be able to study-ie i bring my meterials to study and after work on certain days, I hit the library.
so the question boils down to, wad do i study? I'm doing a Advance Diploma (or Adv Dip as its normally called) in Maritime Business from the Australian Maritime College (AMC) which is based in Tasmania-Australia. The whole course is actually about 1 yr plus part time and I'm only doing 5 modules to obtain the AdvDip out of the 12 modules...because, due to my Dip Marine Engineering at SP, i was able to obtain about 7 or 8 exemptions (if i remember correctly) and one module if I carry on with the degree pgrm. In this AdvDip, i;ll be doing intro to services marketing, business law, financial mgmt, and 2 others... so...
hopefully, i'll get the adv dip by the time i ORD from NS plus maybe an excess of a few months. will be working part time by then. then its option time..!!!
1) find work then complete the degree pgrm
2) find part time work then in July of 2006, go to AMC and finish the remaining modules within a yr or so
doing the course on and off campus has its differences. on campus u have the usual assignments and exams...off campus like mine i have to do the same, exept that my exam is also an assignment. have to research abit and wirte a lengthly essay about it. truth is, i learn more than the usual classroom method.
honestly speaking, IT IS stressful to manage everything i'm doing now...but wad to do...gonna be the breadwinner of my family one day while my bro still studies...so still have struggle a little lah. i'm very fortunate at being given an opportunity to study so yeah, making the most out of it...
Part Tres~: the part about my work (or enslaved conscription) into NS
well, i'll try to be brief. especially the previous 2 long posts heh~ tired n sianz of reading? some on ya might be thinkning, wheres the love, the sex the f***%!*#() experiences? ehh sorri ahh...i'm a decent person *ahem* and i intend to stick the blog this way...of course time n time again i will defintely curse and swear but i'm only human right?
right back on topic, my NS life. where shall i start...oh yeah..bmt
was enlisted in to Basic Military Training Center School One, Echo Company (for the er..bigger sized obese ppl) hours later was shifted to my 'home' for 4 months, Gryphon company. loved the life there, had fun and stuff. the fun part was learning how to handle the weapons and stuff, the comaradarie, the atmosphere etc. ok lah
i enjoyed being there. go some pains and had to conquer some aspects of my fear of heights..but wad to do...have to do it..i was lucky to have instructors who cared for their men and were willing to take care of them. Think i did well in my situation tests and i specifically requested posting to the navy due to my er...experience with marine systems..but i couldn't pass my IPPT which was the SAF version of NAPFA physical fitness tests. I might have made it OCS to persue my dreams of being a ship or sub driver, but the fates i guess had other plasn for me....
After my Passing out Parade in early December 2003, I was posted to Air Force School (AFS), Air Engineering Training Institute (AETI) Wing, Airframe & Engine (AE) Section. AFS was a place where all airforce trainees went and attended courses. Pilot and officer trainees (regulars & NSF), senior technicians (regulars) and NSF technicians. (Being a regular in the armed forces means that your employed with the armed forces/signed on for a career).
So there i was being envious of the officer trainees and trying to get over the fact that i failed to get into my career of my dreams... sighz...I was sooo depressed at times that i failed modules while at AETI. That led me to be retained for another 2 weeks while my friends in the same class were posted to Sembawang & Tengah Airbases. I'd already knew I would land up in Sembawang due to my posting into the Rotary Wing class. So in early March i 'marched' into Sembawang airbase and reported in into 120 Squadron (which operates the old UH1H Huey helicopters) for my OJT phase or 'On Job Training'. For another four months, i was again subjected to training. I then realised I'd been a trainee for a long time....
my instructors in 120SQN were a bunch of nice ppl-to say the least. I've learned alot from them and after i passed out of the course. they remain someone i could enlist help from, advice etc...
currently, i'm an authorised composite crew chief(CCC)-airframe technician. Wad this means is that there are 3 trades altogether, airframe, avionics and engine. i only perform the airframe part of the daily servicing. Regulars in my squadron are usually the DCC or Dedicated Crew Chiefs. They studied all 3 trades and for the Senior Technicians DCC, plus they're trained in diagnostic courses. Being an Airframe-man, my job is to perform check on anything thats nothing todo with the engine or the inside compartment avionics. so...yeah, basically the WHOLE aircraft on the outside is my responsibility....shell structure, tail n main rotor blades n connecting parts and systems.... =p
but i like being in my SQN, beats being anywhere else....except the navy of course... we're operating an old aircraft thats basically been around since the Vietnam war, heck we BOUGHT our aircraft from the US Army adn these aircraft served during that late lamented war period...but of course, we replaced parts here and there, polished up spots etc...but she's still noisy as ever..and produces a strong rotor downwash...i'll miss the aircraft when we close down, but i won't miss the servicing i'm performing ahahah....due to the fact that the split pins holding the components securly, enable us airframe-men to er....contribute our DNA to the aircraft... SO this means the entire fleet of UHIH have samples of our DNA embedded somewhere in some parts fo the aircraft...
so! i'll be doing all this including my secondary appointment of being a safety member (i'm not all that safe..look at the DNA i'm contributing...) all they way till X'mas this yr...
right back on topic, my NS life. where shall i start...oh yeah..bmt
was enlisted in to Basic Military Training Center School One, Echo Company (for the er..bigger sized obese ppl) hours later was shifted to my 'home' for 4 months, Gryphon company. loved the life there, had fun and stuff. the fun part was learning how to handle the weapons and stuff, the comaradarie, the atmosphere etc. ok lah
i enjoyed being there. go some pains and had to conquer some aspects of my fear of heights..but wad to do...have to do it..i was lucky to have instructors who cared for their men and were willing to take care of them. Think i did well in my situation tests and i specifically requested posting to the navy due to my er...experience with marine systems..but i couldn't pass my IPPT which was the SAF version of NAPFA physical fitness tests. I might have made it OCS to persue my dreams of being a ship or sub driver, but the fates i guess had other plasn for me....
After my Passing out Parade in early December 2003, I was posted to Air Force School (AFS), Air Engineering Training Institute (AETI) Wing, Airframe & Engine (AE) Section. AFS was a place where all airforce trainees went and attended courses. Pilot and officer trainees (regulars & NSF), senior technicians (regulars) and NSF technicians. (Being a regular in the armed forces means that your employed with the armed forces/signed on for a career).
So there i was being envious of the officer trainees and trying to get over the fact that i failed to get into my career of my dreams... sighz...I was sooo depressed at times that i failed modules while at AETI. That led me to be retained for another 2 weeks while my friends in the same class were posted to Sembawang & Tengah Airbases. I'd already knew I would land up in Sembawang due to my posting into the Rotary Wing class. So in early March i 'marched' into Sembawang airbase and reported in into 120 Squadron (which operates the old UH1H Huey helicopters) for my OJT phase or 'On Job Training'. For another four months, i was again subjected to training. I then realised I'd been a trainee for a long time....
my instructors in 120SQN were a bunch of nice ppl-to say the least. I've learned alot from them and after i passed out of the course. they remain someone i could enlist help from, advice etc...
currently, i'm an authorised composite crew chief(CCC)-airframe technician. Wad this means is that there are 3 trades altogether, airframe, avionics and engine. i only perform the airframe part of the daily servicing. Regulars in my squadron are usually the DCC or Dedicated Crew Chiefs. They studied all 3 trades and for the Senior Technicians DCC, plus they're trained in diagnostic courses. Being an Airframe-man, my job is to perform check on anything thats nothing todo with the engine or the inside compartment avionics. so...yeah, basically the WHOLE aircraft on the outside is my responsibility....shell structure, tail n main rotor blades n connecting parts and systems.... =p
but i like being in my SQN, beats being anywhere else....except the navy of course... we're operating an old aircraft thats basically been around since the Vietnam war, heck we BOUGHT our aircraft from the US Army adn these aircraft served during that late lamented war period...but of course, we replaced parts here and there, polished up spots etc...but she's still noisy as ever..and produces a strong rotor downwash...i'll miss the aircraft when we close down, but i won't miss the servicing i'm performing ahahah....due to the fact that the split pins holding the components securly, enable us airframe-men to er....contribute our DNA to the aircraft... SO this means the entire fleet of UHIH have samples of our DNA embedded somewhere in some parts fo the aircraft...
so! i'll be doing all this including my secondary appointment of being a safety member (i'm not all that safe..look at the DNA i'm contributing...) all they way till X'mas this yr...
Monday, January 03, 2005
Part 2: The part about the SJAB
SJAB is stands for the St John Ambulance Brigade. Its a venerable organisation which dates back to the crusades of the early 10th/11th century. so, we've been in the business for caring about ppl for about 900 yrs now....
as earlier blogged in my previous post, i've started off in the SJAB since I was in secondary one in 1994. and after i;ve graduated from clementi town sec, i've been helping out since then. attended the Officer Training Course in 2000 and been promoted throught the ranks to my current rank of Corps Staff Officer (grade 4) which is the rank equivalent of a Captain in the Singaporean rank hierarchy context. i've also gotten my 5 yr service medal about 2 yrs ago..which i should have gotten in 1999...the delay was due to 'administrative problems' NHQ was facing...
am currently the acting Officer in Charge (Commanding Officer/The Boss/The big honcho) of a Corps...ie Clementi Town Corps. am the er...'father' to 30+ kids...some graduated from the school; some still there as students. am also one of Zone Nine's youth affairs officers. in youth affairs, we handle youth related projects and assist the individual cadet or Corps as a whole achieve more cadet proficiency badges. just only recently in September 2004, i've volunteered as the administrations officer of the 28th basic nco course. a leadership course for our 13/14 yr old cadets to train them up for harder things to come in life (we hope)...am kinda proud that 3 of my kids got the best trainee award...but then thats wad i come to expect from some of them. during my short few months tenure as the admin officer or the AO., i've come to adopt another family...the Operations Committee or OPSCOM family...a bunch of like minded fun ppl..from the other diff Corps in the Zone (a zone is a collective of various schools) same frequency, same craziness level...bunch of madcaps working together and play together as well...ohhh..dun let me mention about UNO nite hahahahha...........
whether in the Corps or the OPSCOM, i feel that i'm very blessed and very fortunate to be surrounded by hard working dedicated ppl. who are commited to make things happen form themselves and their fellows. very often, i'm awed by their strength in their conviction be it a CPL or a grade 6 junior officer (one pip/2LT equiv.) i feel humbled to be working in the prescence of such individuals...and u can literally feel their energies, makes u wanna get up and going on and on and nvr saying quit. ...
anyhow, all this is being overshadowed (in a negative manner) by my work as the zone youth affiars officer but certain someones at our natioanl HQ....due to the HIGH possibility of my cadets reading this, i'm not putting in anything specific, but its primary onus would be the words in-efficiency, hi-offness, arrogance, selfishness, political bickering and more bad stuff...watch this space for all my rants. me and my fellow officers Colin & Weisheng are putting up with more crap then we're usually handling, very soon, This pressure gauge will blow up...pretty soon....
for nw...i'll see if i can retire from the brigade and concentrate on my career in say 2./3 yrs time..wait for 10 yrs service medal (looks nice on a resume u know...) and well any other projects which will help me agin experience along the way....we'll see how...
as earlier blogged in my previous post, i've started off in the SJAB since I was in secondary one in 1994. and after i;ve graduated from clementi town sec, i've been helping out since then. attended the Officer Training Course in 2000 and been promoted throught the ranks to my current rank of Corps Staff Officer (grade 4) which is the rank equivalent of a Captain in the Singaporean rank hierarchy context. i've also gotten my 5 yr service medal about 2 yrs ago..which i should have gotten in 1999...the delay was due to 'administrative problems' NHQ was facing...
am currently the acting Officer in Charge (Commanding Officer/The Boss/The big honcho) of a Corps...ie Clementi Town Corps. am the er...'father' to 30+ kids...some graduated from the school; some still there as students. am also one of Zone Nine's youth affairs officers. in youth affairs, we handle youth related projects and assist the individual cadet or Corps as a whole achieve more cadet proficiency badges. just only recently in September 2004, i've volunteered as the administrations officer of the 28th basic nco course. a leadership course for our 13/14 yr old cadets to train them up for harder things to come in life (we hope)...am kinda proud that 3 of my kids got the best trainee award...but then thats wad i come to expect from some of them. during my short few months tenure as the admin officer or the AO., i've come to adopt another family...the Operations Committee or OPSCOM family...a bunch of like minded fun ppl..from the other diff Corps in the Zone (a zone is a collective of various schools) same frequency, same craziness level...bunch of madcaps working together and play together as well...ohhh..dun let me mention about UNO nite hahahahha...........
whether in the Corps or the OPSCOM, i feel that i'm very blessed and very fortunate to be surrounded by hard working dedicated ppl. who are commited to make things happen form themselves and their fellows. very often, i'm awed by their strength in their conviction be it a CPL or a grade 6 junior officer (one pip/2LT equiv.) i feel humbled to be working in the prescence of such individuals...and u can literally feel their energies, makes u wanna get up and going on and on and nvr saying quit. ...
anyhow, all this is being overshadowed (in a negative manner) by my work as the zone youth affiars officer but certain someones at our natioanl HQ....due to the HIGH possibility of my cadets reading this, i'm not putting in anything specific, but its primary onus would be the words in-efficiency, hi-offness, arrogance, selfishness, political bickering and more bad stuff...watch this space for all my rants. me and my fellow officers Colin & Weisheng are putting up with more crap then we're usually handling, very soon, This pressure gauge will blow up...pretty soon....
for nw...i'll see if i can retire from the brigade and concentrate on my career in say 2./3 yrs time..wait for 10 yrs service medal (looks nice on a resume u know...) and well any other projects which will help me agin experience along the way....we'll see how...
Part One: The Part about who I am, my dream, dream career, hobbies etc
I'm the one and only Wayne Tan HS...HS are my initials of my chinese name given to me by my dear late paternal grandfather. I garnered info from my mom that I was born at around 7:30pm on the 9th of September 1981, which makes me 24 this coming year of 2005. When my mom was in labour, for some reason, my dad thought i wasn't 'coming out yet' so he'd went to the hospital cafeteria to get something to eat & drink. hmmz that perhaps explains why i'm closer to my mom and not my dad as much. my yngr bro is as my dad was around. Dad was plain tired of waiting for me as i'd put my mom into labour for a period of 12 hours...(Ouch) hehe...and yet some say my sense of timing is impeccable...
Some friends call me 'winnie, waynie, ah wayne, ah wing (dun ask me why). i'm juz ur normal average person living out life on this planet. In the zodiac, i'm a Virgo, born to be cursed with perfectionism and going about to do things in my life. In chinese astrology, i'm born in the year of the rooster, and according to my mom again, my 'special dieties' in the chinese heavenly pantheon are the Goddes of Mercy & the Lord of the Sun. Till now i have ABSOLUTELY no idea to what this all means...but i try to understand as it is within my heritage. I'm also born under the sign of the God Anubis in ancient egyptian mythology...i dunno if its good or bad, cos its very contradictive. as because...Anubis is the jackel headed god of mummification (yep..the process of turning dead bodies in to mummies) and of last death rites. So....lots to ponder on ehh...my number has lots to do with witchcraft too. 9x9=81. 8+1=9. 9+9=18. 1+8=9 and 9 is the three of threes number..and we all know from watching charmed, the blair witch project etc that the number 3 is a witchy number....which explains why i feel prescences of ppl around even there's no one around. strangly though most of the times, i feel calm and un-perturbed. juz normal but with a healthy respect for the unknown.
Kindergarten years were spent at the Faith Methodist Church Kindergarten at the Church of the same name. The church still stands near Commonwealth MRT. Spent 2 yrs there, not the usual 3 yrs now kids are doing. For my batch, there wasn't an additional ye called Nursery befor K1 & K2. From there on, moved onto Pei Tong primary in Clementi. My classmates from P6 still meet up on occasion and i've grown MUCh taller now hehe...i was a small little fish fry in P6 and was complaining about how ppl were inching up on me..including the females...now its the other way around..i'm one of the taller ones in my reunion grp...From there I then moved onto Clementi Town Secondary for 5 yrs ( was in the Normal Acad stream). 5 yrs is not too bad, gave me more time to develop and think at my own pace.. Mostly i belong to the 'late-bloomer' batch. bunch of kids who had potential as anyone else, juz developing at my own pace (taking own seeetttt time) and opening up to society too. I remember I was SOOOOO geeky and a complete idiot (with abso-freakin-lutely no dress sense + hair in a mess, dun care + bo chup) in sec sch. i Only have a few good friends from sec sch. think one of them got married (malays tend to get married earlier) and the other classmates? one died from an accident, alot gave up on life cos they didn't study hard enough. only a few I might say are leading the normal life, girls working, guys in NS or just starting work...it was in sec sch (CTSS) that i began my CCA (ECA then) with SJAB. more about SJAB in my 2nd introduction entry. after CTSS, came SP-SMA. Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore Maritime Academy...following my dreams and reading Marine Engineering. some achievements there...3rd place for a national competition about innovation in the maritime industry and good stuff about my work during industrial attachment...
My dream job was actually to enlist in the navy and emerge as an officer, either developing hovercraft technology for naval combat use or technology for littorial or stealth warfare. (hehe, fans/readers of author of James Cobb, u know what i'm talking about), be a submarine (refered to as sewer pipes by the Americans) driver or a stealth destroyer/stealth frigate driver. (for the un-navalised ppl, to be a driver is to conn or take command of the vessel, to be the ship's commander/master/commanding officer) taking a ship or a cruise out into the sea is a refreshing and soothing thing. the thought of leaving your worries n thoughts behind of those you left on land is like lifting a great load from your shoulders and soul....
BUT all came crashing down and I couldn;t pass my IPPT (napfa in the SAF) and was posted to the...*insert drumroll and duck wail* the AIR FORCE...more about that later in part 3 of my entry. now i can look forward to my job in the maritime industry...maybe i still have a hope in dealing with naval tech in the maritime sector yet...
i simply love stuff to do wif ships. one of my best gal-friends, Siti Arbaiyah, once told me rather jokingly that maybe I would prefer having sex with ships instead of women (think about the numerous orifices-for sewater discharge, freshwater production, bilge transfer....) onboard.....cos evertime we go to the beach, i would always GUSH about the ships in the eastern anchorage or at Republic of Singapore Yatch Club. (and my friends, Justin, Si Wei, Jia Rong, Norain, Zaid would juz shake their heads. Justin though, would most likely wring my neck...) For me, just sitting there and admiring a ferry, 100,000 ton oil tanker or cruise boat, watching her helmsman driving the boat or ship, the sleek lines or a sloop or rough vintage of a tanker... and how the ship ploughs thru water is always a thrill to watch. I would just plain sit there, sipping beer, water, wine or lime vodka, coke and watch the sun set, the waves, the breeze, the salty air...sighz......oh did i mention my dream home is a unit in the Condo called The Carribean...juz along the Keppal Bay waterfront. waking up to the view of Sentosa and her monorails every day..PLUS in full view of the sea..morning day thru nite....dreamy...mahchiam live in a sea-front chalet everyday...heh...
I 'm a lover of music. especially Lounge/Chillout music, (recently launched is a radio station under Mediacorps radio called Lush 99.5 Fm----YAY!!!). Lounge or chill out music is sometimes called down-tempo music. you can go to HMV to learn or to sample some tracks there...Modern Pop n rock, alternative, some classical some new age like Yanni, Mike Oldfield, some heavy hitters like Linkin park appeal to me. Classically wise, Bond, and Tchaikovsky is absolutely groovy and a few tracks of dance (house type0 is a musthave in my music list. I LURRVVVEEE the Corrs...a fan of which since i was in sec sch...and from the Corrs, to the Irish dance and music sensatinal show Riverdance, which got me started to play the drums, the Irish Tin whistle (recorder like instrument, but lighter, smaller, cuter, 6 holed and higher octave range than the old boring recorder) and the Irish Frame drum called the bodhran (pronounced bow-rawn). The bodhran is played on the lap with a stick called a beater. I dun profess to be a good musician or know alot about the music i'm playing (celtic wise) but i'm trying despite my time constarints and sacrifices to SJAB and NS and my studies...
surprised to find out that i'm still studying despite being in NS? find out more in part 4....
for those of you who ARE OVER 18....lime vodka on you ppl anytime...heh
(wanna know wads a tin whistle? head on down to www.chiffandfipple.com Got pics there for ya to view those lovelies...)
Some friends call me 'winnie, waynie, ah wayne, ah wing (dun ask me why). i'm juz ur normal average person living out life on this planet. In the zodiac, i'm a Virgo, born to be cursed with perfectionism and going about to do things in my life. In chinese astrology, i'm born in the year of the rooster, and according to my mom again, my 'special dieties' in the chinese heavenly pantheon are the Goddes of Mercy & the Lord of the Sun. Till now i have ABSOLUTELY no idea to what this all means...but i try to understand as it is within my heritage. I'm also born under the sign of the God Anubis in ancient egyptian mythology...i dunno if its good or bad, cos its very contradictive. as because...Anubis is the jackel headed god of mummification (yep..the process of turning dead bodies in to mummies) and of last death rites. So....lots to ponder on ehh...my number has lots to do with witchcraft too. 9x9=81. 8+1=9. 9+9=18. 1+8=9 and 9 is the three of threes number..and we all know from watching charmed, the blair witch project etc that the number 3 is a witchy number....which explains why i feel prescences of ppl around even there's no one around. strangly though most of the times, i feel calm and un-perturbed. juz normal but with a healthy respect for the unknown.
Kindergarten years were spent at the Faith Methodist Church Kindergarten at the Church of the same name. The church still stands near Commonwealth MRT. Spent 2 yrs there, not the usual 3 yrs now kids are doing. For my batch, there wasn't an additional ye called Nursery befor K1 & K2. From there on, moved onto Pei Tong primary in Clementi. My classmates from P6 still meet up on occasion and i've grown MUCh taller now hehe...i was a small little fish fry in P6 and was complaining about how ppl were inching up on me..including the females...now its the other way around..i'm one of the taller ones in my reunion grp...From there I then moved onto Clementi Town Secondary for 5 yrs ( was in the Normal Acad stream). 5 yrs is not too bad, gave me more time to develop and think at my own pace.. Mostly i belong to the 'late-bloomer' batch. bunch of kids who had potential as anyone else, juz developing at my own pace (taking own seeetttt time) and opening up to society too. I remember I was SOOOOO geeky and a complete idiot (with abso-freakin-lutely no dress sense + hair in a mess, dun care + bo chup) in sec sch. i Only have a few good friends from sec sch. think one of them got married (malays tend to get married earlier) and the other classmates? one died from an accident, alot gave up on life cos they didn't study hard enough. only a few I might say are leading the normal life, girls working, guys in NS or just starting work...it was in sec sch (CTSS) that i began my CCA (ECA then) with SJAB. more about SJAB in my 2nd introduction entry. after CTSS, came SP-SMA. Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore Maritime Academy...following my dreams and reading Marine Engineering. some achievements there...3rd place for a national competition about innovation in the maritime industry and good stuff about my work during industrial attachment...
My dream job was actually to enlist in the navy and emerge as an officer, either developing hovercraft technology for naval combat use or technology for littorial or stealth warfare. (hehe, fans/readers of author of James Cobb, u know what i'm talking about), be a submarine (refered to as sewer pipes by the Americans) driver or a stealth destroyer/stealth frigate driver. (for the un-navalised ppl, to be a driver is to conn or take command of the vessel, to be the ship's commander/master/commanding officer) taking a ship or a cruise out into the sea is a refreshing and soothing thing. the thought of leaving your worries n thoughts behind of those you left on land is like lifting a great load from your shoulders and soul....
BUT all came crashing down and I couldn;t pass my IPPT (napfa in the SAF) and was posted to the...*insert drumroll and duck wail* the AIR FORCE...more about that later in part 3 of my entry. now i can look forward to my job in the maritime industry...maybe i still have a hope in dealing with naval tech in the maritime sector yet...
i simply love stuff to do wif ships. one of my best gal-friends, Siti Arbaiyah, once told me rather jokingly that maybe I would prefer having sex with ships instead of women (think about the numerous orifices-for sewater discharge, freshwater production, bilge transfer....) onboard.....cos evertime we go to the beach, i would always GUSH about the ships in the eastern anchorage or at Republic of Singapore Yatch Club. (and my friends, Justin, Si Wei, Jia Rong, Norain, Zaid would juz shake their heads. Justin though, would most likely wring my neck...) For me, just sitting there and admiring a ferry, 100,000 ton oil tanker or cruise boat, watching her helmsman driving the boat or ship, the sleek lines or a sloop or rough vintage of a tanker... and how the ship ploughs thru water is always a thrill to watch. I would just plain sit there, sipping beer, water, wine or lime vodka, coke and watch the sun set, the waves, the breeze, the salty air...sighz......oh did i mention my dream home is a unit in the Condo called The Carribean...juz along the Keppal Bay waterfront. waking up to the view of Sentosa and her monorails every day..PLUS in full view of the sea..morning day thru nite....dreamy...mahchiam live in a sea-front chalet everyday...heh...
I 'm a lover of music. especially Lounge/Chillout music, (recently launched is a radio station under Mediacorps radio called Lush 99.5 Fm----YAY!!!). Lounge or chill out music is sometimes called down-tempo music. you can go to HMV to learn or to sample some tracks there...Modern Pop n rock, alternative, some classical some new age like Yanni, Mike Oldfield, some heavy hitters like Linkin park appeal to me. Classically wise, Bond, and Tchaikovsky is absolutely groovy and a few tracks of dance (house type0 is a musthave in my music list. I LURRVVVEEE the Corrs...a fan of which since i was in sec sch...and from the Corrs, to the Irish dance and music sensatinal show Riverdance, which got me started to play the drums, the Irish Tin whistle (recorder like instrument, but lighter, smaller, cuter, 6 holed and higher octave range than the old boring recorder) and the Irish Frame drum called the bodhran (pronounced bow-rawn). The bodhran is played on the lap with a stick called a beater. I dun profess to be a good musician or know alot about the music i'm playing (celtic wise) but i'm trying despite my time constarints and sacrifices to SJAB and NS and my studies...
surprised to find out that i'm still studying despite being in NS? find out more in part 4....
for those of you who ARE OVER 18....lime vodka on you ppl anytime...heh
(wanna know wads a tin whistle? head on down to www.chiffandfipple.com Got pics there for ya to view those lovelies...)
A new blog for the new year...
This will be my 3rd blog...stuff from the previous 2 might not be brought forward here...on suggestion of my OPSCOM family peeps, i've decided to do another cleaner version than the one on ebloggy...that one hard to maintain sia...
what you are about to read is near-wholly me-80% of it. hehe...wads the remainder of the 20% your gonna have to find out on your own...you will be reading about stuff i like, stuff i do, where is serve my National Service, my hobbies, my pet likes, my pet hates & peeves...my voluntary work in the SJAB, the people i love, cherish, absolutely adore and downright treat as non-existant individuals. well where do i start? i dunno. I have lots of things to write about as i wanna set records straight (curse of being a Virgoan Male) but i'm sure you peeps will have alot to read and enjoy reading about my reality. my angmoh is gonna seem powderful to some, but poorly written to some of you (u know who lah). i shan't please anybody and everybody, only myself, its time i start doing that....
so here we go, enjoy the journey...
Intro (by parts):
1) who i am, dreams, dream career, hobbies and etc-me
2) my voluntary work in SJAB througout the yrs...or a brief summary of it
3) my work (or enslaved conscription) into NS
4) my part time studies...
what you are about to read is near-wholly me-80% of it. hehe...wads the remainder of the 20% your gonna have to find out on your own...you will be reading about stuff i like, stuff i do, where is serve my National Service, my hobbies, my pet likes, my pet hates & peeves...my voluntary work in the SJAB, the people i love, cherish, absolutely adore and downright treat as non-existant individuals. well where do i start? i dunno. I have lots of things to write about as i wanna set records straight (curse of being a Virgoan Male) but i'm sure you peeps will have alot to read and enjoy reading about my reality. my angmoh is gonna seem powderful to some, but poorly written to some of you (u know who lah). i shan't please anybody and everybody, only myself, its time i start doing that....
so here we go, enjoy the journey...
Intro (by parts):
1) who i am, dreams, dream career, hobbies and etc-me
2) my voluntary work in SJAB througout the yrs...or a brief summary of it
3) my work (or enslaved conscription) into NS
4) my part time studies...
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