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Updates.

2009-08-24T08:44:00.000-07:00

Been dealt a double blow last week, foot sprained and what a time to fall sick yea! Fortunately for me, it was a study week. A STUDY week, and i slacked througghout the weekend and till wednesday then i reluctantly started my revision. Revision was dull and boring, wasnt at all productive with my laptop switched on. Played PES for quite some time and back to revision. Realised i need to get started for CWT or else doom awaits. Time really flies, 4 papers down. 2 more to go. Afterwhich Partey like no tomorrow at nicholas house, with linjie bringing his PS3! O.o
Thursday is loominggggg. After 4 on that day, will be the start of frigging 7 weeks break and almost in a months time, Perak Trip! Time to study for WSH, will update soon when people prompt me.

Updates, Pinnacle

2009-06-30T09:23:00.001-07:00

Finally , i have decided to resurrect this blog after a month. These days were project , assignments , TAS and Pinnacle. Bruno and i thinking the chances of getting in top 10 for NP Men were slim as we were way behind as i had to release a few bombs halfway during the race. Buttt, our thoughts were reversed. Instead we got into top 10. OMG, all thanks to the M station which most of us cracked our brains to form a M, it wasnt that easy afterall. After little guidance from the helper, we solved it within 20 mins. Proceeded to ascending and abseiling, swimming pool, library and lastly, the FINISH line! I would like to congratulate the racers who have completed the race within the stipulated time given. In addition, the WINNERS too of cause. Great Job People! Not to forget the helpers too. Thanks!

Satisfaction

2009-06-01T07:40:00.000-07:00

The feeling of completing 42km was great! Though we didn't train much, we( bruno, bing hua, jit siong and marcus ) managed to complete it before 7 am. Our target was 6 hours buttt after running for 18km, our legs turned jelly. the 6 hour pacer left us stumbling for our target by passing us at the water point. The marathon was indeed gruelling . However, our endurance and doggedness helped us complete the marathon. In all, i would like to congratulate TAS peeps for completing the marathon and RYUTA for clocking in 9 hrs for 84 KM!!!!IRONMAN!!!
Received a medal and FINISHER shirt ( long wait for it ).

Refeshed totally

2009-05-03T18:59:00.000-07:00

Refreshment camp was indeed refreshing, gained ample knowledge from the various courses. A fun camp to begin with, doing silly faces at the presenters making them smile. what else do you expect from 34th. hHaa, was shagged after we called it a day. went 03-27 played monopoly in which many cheated except me. regretted playing as i would rather sleep , because of jason and my promise to matthew , we had to oblige. 2nd day was much better, water confi as usual, we played around. Challenged vanessa for a lap , she was frigging fast but i was a bit faster? shes just like a whale man, wooowww. The tms herald the end of the camp, played water rugby( 34th council Guys except jason ) . Those who were in my team won throughout the game, man of the match!! ( the suplex i did on ernest using the ledge to push myself preventing him from touchdown.) The final goal all came down to my brillance! a long throw ended up in matts hands and he TOUCHDOWN to end the game.
34th Alpha FTW!

2009-04-27T19:49:00.000-07:00

Birthday Boys

All the best to them later!

See ya in the tent!

Lifes as busy as ever since ..

2009-04-27T19:38:00.001-07:00

Long time didnt update ever since CCA Fiesta.Firstly, i would like to wish Sidiq ( Quartermaster ) Happy 18th Birthday. Somehow, jit siong and sidiq's birthdays are like 2 days apart which is similar to bruno and clar's one. Schools up first, lesson has always been slack and boring. This time's modules werent as bad afterall only clean water tech which bores the whole class totally. Everyday life revolves in the clubhouse , seems like a second home to me. agree! My mum too, suggest i move to clubhouse. hahaa. Every monday, training session for all councils to build up their body especially those core muscles, biceps and triceps! Training was a breeze for bruno me and ryuta. Usually we would do double of what we do during council training. Dips ( Bruce's Fav ) Scarecrow ( Ryuta ) As for me, ( deltoid pushups ) :D For the 3 of us, we train every wednesday cuz u know what is coming soon. photography IS later on, snap snap snap! love snapping pictures. kind of slack , there will be an upcoming shoot at singapore botanical gardens. cant wait man. Ciao!

Bustling NP

2009-04-20T08:21:00.000-07:00

2 words : very shagged!

This years CCA Fiesta wasnt as awesome as last year , besides that, the space given to each cca is P A T H E T I C. Thats all i can say, The motto for this CCA Fiesta is : Chiong like desperados, never return empty handed!

200 it shall be !!!!! 34th Council chiong ahhhh

The Italian Magician

2009-04-11T09:13:00.000-07:00

MACHEDA again helped MAN UNITED secure all 3 points with his first touch of the game. Simply astonishing, his 2 goals were indeed crucial and gurantees MAN UNITED 1 point lead over Liverpool. Well done, Macheda will go on to score winning goals i guess? haha, Alex must groom him to become the next rooney? or cantona? We'll see about it. Till then.

Whats up with korean songs?

2009-04-09T07:22:00.000-07:00

Wow, didnt update for quite long already. First thing first, why do people go crazy over korean groups like superjunior , wondergirls and snsd. Because of the people or their songs? The answer is BOTH. haha! i admit i'm also into certain songs of the groups like so hot - wondergirls , gee and kissing you - SNSD. These groups were totally unknown to me until ryuta kept playing snsd songs on clubhouse com and this is how i was addicted. It was kind of addictive la, but the girls are hot! I swear. For now, ryuta and matt are learning superjunior dance moves. omgggg, soon clubhouse will turn into a club. hahahaa. Yoohoo, finally settled council informal polo tee and noticeboard. Next up, would be our own blog in which the PRAs have to manage. Training tomorrow with bruno and ryuta, maybe bing hua. AND and and and, the day im looking forward to is just a few days away. RECCE on sunday :), will be back on 14th.

Saturday Blues..

2009-04-04T07:46:00.000-07:00

Arranged to meet councils at 9 for swimming, buttt i overslept. haahah. I woke up at 9.15 !!! It was party my fault la, i woke up at 730 to give mr hue a morning call , went back to sleep after the call because i woke up like 6 + in the morning yesterday. Sooo, understandable. Reached school around 11, rushed down to the swimming pool after leaving my bag at clubhouse. Swam a few laps, and yj was like wearing Matthew's Fins. haha, kind of comical. As usual, shes always teasing vanessa and marcus. hahaha, it will never end. Played water rugby at the shallow pool. 3 v 3. me ryuta and marcus against sidiq matthew and bing hua. A rough game indeed, many WWE moves were displayed. I remembered taking sidiq and matt down then speared bing hua so ryuta would have a clean swim towards goal. We were leading by 4-2, thereafter going 5-4 down to them. We counted ourselves unfortunate not to take advantage of the scoreline and scored. Instead, we played around with them and they ended defeating us. TRAGIC!

Serious stuff next, did up the noticeboard at canteen 2. the hierachy chart occupied a lot of space , so we decided to change its position next week. Funniest thing was, training com was like the outcast in 34th. Take a look at the noticeboard and you will know. And and and, there was an ant crawling over bruno's photo. hahaha. Queensway was next. Seeked advice from don, decided to do up a new design. Had mac for lunch and as usual talked lots of crap and whole mac was filled with our EVIL laughters. Ryuta joined as shortly and off to the airport for my daypack. At the end of the day, i ended up getting a daypack and teva sandals. As for ryuta, he got a pouch. Hes going back for more after recce for sure as this pair of salomon running shoes caught his attention, calling out to him to buy it.

Do not rest on your laurels

2009-04-03T08:15:00.000-07:00

Today was the start of training for me, ever since ctc. Quite rusty though. Was told to meet 8 at clubhouse, reaching there 10 mins late. Ryuta was there watching 5 drills to get stronger. What amused us the most was bear crawl/crab crawl. Dont laugh at it, doing these crawls will help you get slimmer. Soon, Mr Hue reached. Kick start the training at the grand stand with warm ups, then 5 sets of pushups and crunches . each set consisting of 20 pushups and 20 crunches. After the 3rd set, hands turned jelly as its been some time since we last trained. Next up was reverse crunches. 55 in total. Went for 2.4 km slow jog which took us 13 min, thereafter walk another round then end off the training with side bridge and last but not least, COOL DOWN!!! Head to shower then to canteen 2 for breakfast then to clubhouse to relaxxx for awhile till clar came, then we started on our work. Went down to help out for awhile, amazed at the pile of rubbish. Went for lunch at bukit timah plaza, bought stuffs needed for noticeboard from popular. Objective for today : Do up half of the noticeboard. Objective met. Thanks to clar , VANS and me. i admit my drawing really sucks la, so its up to the girls. Did some colouring here and there, crapped while doing work. In the process of completion, we heard yj calling for us to transport the rubbish to the chute. Finally store is doneeee, went to alumni for dinner and HOME...

All hail the pro

2009-04-02T05:29:00.000-07:00

Guess what, i pass my basic theory test. First one to walk out of the class and also the first to pass. It took me roughly 10 mins or so. Questions were similar to the e-trial tests i took yesterday, so it was totally chicken feeeeeet for me. :) Proceeded to school next to help out with the cleaning of store. Real shagged after cleaning only half of it, the other half will leave it for tomorrow. Training tomorrow at 8, got to wake up early and also morning call bruno. cya!

wish and wished list

2009-04-01T08:18:00.000-07:00

Fred Perry( This caught my attention )

My Marmot Outershell

outershell down, bagpack next!

2009-04-01T07:12:00.000-07:00

Today got my very bright orangey outershell from campus corner. Next up on my list will be salomon bagpack which i will be getting tomorrow together with ryuta at the airport. why airport? cuz it doesnt include tax in it, so it will be cheaper. Before that, theres a major store cleaning which i will be there around 2 plus to lend a hand after my basic theory test. i hope i can passsssss. After that, i can book driving lessons already. woohoo

April fool's day

2009-03-31T23:11:00.000-07:00

Besides pranking people on this day, i have to go down to ubi to have my e-trial test from 5 to 8. Its preparation for tomorrows basic theory test. So far, i've read up a little but my confidence is still there. Hopefully, tomorrow's BTT would be a breeze for me. :D And not forgetting, i will be getting MARMOT outershell today. The cheapest outershell i've came across and theres a hood. so call me Orange riding hood from today onwards. hahaaa

singaporean cum vietnamnese

2009-03-29T07:49:00.000-07:00

Playing Chapteh at the airport

Im back finally. i miss the air , people and food especially in Singapore. In vietnam, motorcycles make up 90% of the vehicles on the road. Worst still, that contributes to air pollution. Next, communiation is a problem. So we have to resort to hand signs which was amusing. Food : springrolls and more springrolls. springrolls in vietnam is like bean sprouts in singapore. sick and tired of eating that. their soup was quite unique , SWEET SOUR BITTER. cool huh, they anyhow spam their ingredients la and it doesnt taste edible to us ( singaporeans ). Visited the zoo. guess how much is the entry fee. its frigging 8000 DONG. $0.80, cheappp! the elephants there were like on ecstasy, always swinging their trunks. Next up was interaction with the lambs, i mehhed all the way to converse with them. In vietnam, your bargaining skills must be damn good in order to get the lowest price. for an imitation OAKLEY shades, tt guy offered me 285 000 DONG. 28.50 Sing. i offered him 50 000 dong. 5 Sing, so he said nope. then i walked out on him until he called out to me and agreed. like wth man. in all, i got 8 shirts from the night market and quite a number of dragonflies from ben thahm market. Went to diamond plaza on the last day, price of products almost similar to takashimaya. Got chapteh at one of the attractions and u wouldnt believe this. we played chapteh at the Vietnam airport. haaaa. no one stopped us, maybe because this was their local sport. Rushed out my reflection onboard the plane and arrived at 5.45 pm. Family and friends awaiting my arrival. THANKS! bought hugo boss perfume and guiness stout at duty free. After i collected my luggage, jason asked me to report. NORMAL la. haha, thereafter i passed my luggage to my parents who fetched kelvin back home, in which i proceeded to have dinner with my peeps at xin wang. oh my, i missed PORK so much, cuz there isnt pork in vietnam.. i think i put on a few kilos during this trip, cuz every meal will at least have 4 dishes. AND most importantly, springrolls were included.

HCMC

2009-03-25T09:37:00.000-07:00

Reporting from vietnam, Mervyn Chiang. Bustling city with lots of motorcycles. One thing life in here is different from Singapore. Its between the motorists and the pedestrians. When u cross the roads, the motorists will avoid you and slow down. For singapore, its on the contrary. i learnt this in vietnam. thank you ( gamen ), routop ( very good ). Will update more, when im back!

Going on an outershell hunt

2009-03-23T07:43:00.000-07:00

Went back to school yet again to settle PRA stuffs before going to vietnam. to clar : Sorry i cannot help as i got to go vietnam to visit my relatives. all the best in the decoration of notice board. will help you once im back. hahahaaaaaaa.Was bored, played monopoly to kill time. It was fun after all. swindled jason of his money. this was how it goes : i mortgaged my house for 160. Bought it for 320. he bought frm me the property. had to unmortgaged it and paid me another 300. HAHAHA, he was cursing and swearing after that. Went queensway with matthew in search of fall factor. it was CLOSED! wasted, met ryuta at mac then linger around for awhile and off to TAKA cuz matt wanted to get a necklace. we combed the whole taka , cant find the shop. found a place to settle down for dinner!! :D had kfc ( the man's fav ). Next stop, velocity. ( outdoor life ) Saw several north face , pantagonia and vaude outershells. All 3 were attractive and appealing as they were REDDD. however, its beyond my budget. the 3 of us were discussing hw michelle and clar snatch the RED outershell from me if i got that. HAHA. Went to salomon ( matthew is so obsessed with this brand ) you can hear him mention it everytime we talked about adventure products. It was having a discount , so all eyes were on the outershell and since its below my budget. imma get it probably next week, together with ryuta( who wants to get his tshirts , pants, outershell and shoes there ) rich kid huh. While matt wanted to get a soft shell from X boundaries for a 100 after 30 percent discount. kinda late by then, home sweet home.

photos of us pioneering

2009-03-19T10:43:00.000-07:00

Our Bridge after the showcase, quite uneven because of the participants.

Welfare is important.

Bing Hua just loves his camo net a lot.

Gyn lashing...

CAT

Great cooperation between these 2 who always bickle with one another

Bruno's group. Sidiq's and clar's eyecandies are in this group :o

Will upload the remaining pictures another time! see ya

Time to lepak.

2009-03-19T10:25:00.000-07:00

Hey, im back updating my blog. After 3 days of intense pioneering, my pioneering has indeed improved a lot. The showcase for the sportscamp is overr. Next will be the campfire which is later on. We did a total of 3 structures, one for the showcase and 2 other for the campfire. Did a bridge for showcase, a larger bridge and 6 gates for the campfire night. Day after the showcase, we downed the structure as we needed the platform as reinforcement for the larger bridge. Transported the ffing heavy platform from the volleyball court to admin field. We only got 6 people at that time. Me, ryuta, yi jie, clarissa, sidiq and the MAN. We stopped every 50m. Thr was an upslope and a downslope. on the upslope, the load were mainly on me and ryuta as we were at the back. It was like an elephant on your shoulders, super ache. after conquering the upslope, ryuta and me swooped positions with yi jie and clar and subsequently they swooped with the MAN and sidiq. While going downslope, because of height differences, yi jie and clar were unable to reach for the platform. HAHA, and worst still the MAN was screaming. it was freaking funny, should have videoed the whole process down. Cant take it any longer , placed the platform down and waiting for SOS. Yj thought of a plan to get jason to sit on the platform to act pitiful so as people will help us transport it to the admin field. before jason arrived, a lorry was on its way downhill. i dashed right into the lorrys path and asked for help. pheww, it was really a load off our shoulders when the lorry reached the admin field. Managed to complete the structure by 11.30pm. lepaking at clubhouse , doing the video then next, briefing for the vietnam trip. 9-5pm. WTHHHH, so longg. And once again we are visiting the BARRAGE which i've been there several times. Will upload the pictures of us pioneering later on. CIAO!

Satisfaction

2009-03-17T06:18:00.000-07:00

Completed the structure for the showcase this morning around 6am. We went back to clubhouse and crashed immediately. We slept for approximately 5 hours only. Woke up later to find clarissa complaining that i kicked her while sleeping. HAHA, sorry laa. i thought u were a ball. After lunch, went for a fast dip in the pool and off the shower. Next, transported spars from store to admin field. Started on our structure fast as we all wanted to go home earlier and rest as tomorrow will be a long day. We knocked off at 630 and everyone dispersed to their respective bus stops. Will upload the pictures of us pioneering soon.

i m beginning to love pioneering.

2009-03-16T06:40:00.000-07:00

Quite a fulfilling day today, managed to complete banner stock check within an hour and a half. That was pretty fast :) Next, proceeded to help out with the tying of structure. Currently slacking at clubhouse while waiting for other councils to be back then we could tie the structure. Overnight in school till tomorrow evening. Showcase on Wednesday , campfire on friday. Pioneering today , tomorrow and the following day. I guess my pioneering will improve greatly by then. woohoo. After this tiring week, i will be getting ready for Vietnam ( where i was born ). Hope my relatives there are doing fine, ahahhahaha.

forlorn

2009-03-15T05:42:00.000-07:00

My spirits were low as man utd suffered a blow to their title hopes going 4-1 down to liverpool. Never mind about that, its just 3 points. Moreover, man utd have a game in hand. No worries, as they are still sitting happily at the top of the league table. I shall cast my forlornness aside. I did up a video for the sports camp showcase, compiling pictures of trips which took me 2 hours. Next, RA3 :D which i haven't been playing for quite some time as i was busy the past week settling stuffs. Defeating the brutal enemy made my day. :D Received an email from hashanah , was quite happy as PRA received compliments. We shall not let our advisor down! We will be staying over in school tomorrow to tie structures for the showcase.( most dreaded ) See ya.

saving the best for the last

2009-03-14T22:23:00.000-07:00

In addition to yesterday's outing, heres a video for all to enjoy :D

Pictures!

2009-03-14T10:07:00.000-07:00

soak up the sun

2009-03-14T10:06:00.000-07:00

Hello once again. We ,34th council went to Sentosa together with Darren ; the organiser. We were supposed to meet 945am at Harbourfront control station. However, many were late and the 1 dollar policy was implemented by Yi Jie. Bruno owe a total of 180 dollars for being 3 hours late. The fun laugher and joy all started when we began imitating Darren's voice. It was damn funny , i swear. Head to siloso beach after the monorail ride. Lay down our groundsheets and mats. We covered our bags with a groundsheet and the funniest thing was, darren's bagpack was left lying under the scorching sun. hahahaaa, he came back with 2 frisbees and complaining. This was how bing hua imitated Darrens voice, it goes like this ,Matthew: Eh darren, can we borrow your frisbee? Bing Hua replied by imitating Darrens Voice: ahhh, yes ok. He was oblivious to it. After a dip in the water, out of boredom, darren buried ryuta's slippers. We were on a slipper hunt this time, no longer treasure hunt. We spent like an hour searching for it, until yijie came up with this move called sand angel. Workable idea, but not under the SUN. Still, we tried it out. Then came a loud shriek, yijie found ryuta's slippers. Woooo! finallyyyy, this so called 'training' claimed by darren, has ended. We dashed straight into the waters to cool ourselves down. Did a few backflips with the help of ryuta. Everyone was hungry so we washed up and off to carls jr. Aftermath of sentosa : sunburnt

Boredom pave way for this...

2009-03-13T09:47:00.000-07:00

HEY PEEPS, i've finally created a blog, though it is very common these days. It was surprising though. Thanks to pika's brilliant idea, my blog is 'completed'. Its the 14th March 2009 and that marks the birth of my new blog. My tagboard is free for all , no spamming allowed. Before the birth of this new blog, i accompanied my parents to the IT show 09. It was frigging packed. Everyone was like bulldozing their way through till we entered the convention centre. I perceived that this year sales wasnt as good as last year after seeing many people empty handed leaving Suntec City . I managed to get a razer mouse which costs $59 inclusive of a razer mouse pad designed for speed.

Isnt It Cool ???